Gangapersad Ramroop, 23, is accused of shooting at a police officer and then speeding away as they tried to pull him over just before 4 a.m. on Powers Drive near West Colonial Drive.

Troopers said he ran a red light and slammed into a Honda CRV.

Ramroop was treated for a broken leg and as police were taking him from the hospital to the jail, he said he was sorry to the man who died in the crash.

"I really apologize. I really do," he told WESH 2's Greg Fox.

"Why didn't you just pull over when the officers tried to stop you?" Fox asked.

"I didn't have a license," he said.

Robert Hunter was ejected from the CRV and pronounced dead. A passenger in his vehicle was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center in stable condition.

A third man, Deondre Mercer, narrowly escaped the crash by jumping off of his bicycle.

Ramroop denied shooting at the officers. Police said they found a gun in his car.

Ramroop was arrested in 2009 on grand theft, burglary and resisting arrest charges. Since then, he's been arrested on theft, willful fleeing and eluding and driving while license suspended and revoked charges.

He is now facing charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer with a pending charge of homicide in connection with the fatal crash.

Pedestrian killed on South Orange Blossom Trail

Also in Orange County, 30-year-old Amber Poblacion was was struck and killed as she walked on South Orange Blossom Trail near La Quinta Drive at about 2:45 a.m. Thursday, according to FHP.

Officials said the driver of a dark-colored two-door Acura took off and was last seen heading south on Orange Blossom Trail.

REPORTING LIVE NEAR HOLLY HILL, VOLUSIA COUNTY, CLAIRE METZ, WESH 2 NEWS. POLICE SAY HE CAUSED ANOTHER MAN'S DEATH AND TRIED TO SHOOT A POLICE OFFICER AND TONIGHT HE'S TALKING ONLY TO WESH 2 NEWS. 23-YEAR-OLD GANG RAMROOP HAS BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW BEFORE AND TELLS US WHAT PROMPTED HIM TO SPEED FROM POLICE WHEN THEY TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER THIS MORNING. HE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON POWERS NEAR WEST COLONIAL WHEN POLICE SAY HE BEGAN FIRING SHOTS THEN RAN A RED LIGHT KILLING ANOTHER DRIVER. GREG FOX LIVE AT THE SCENE D. THIS MAN SHOW ANY REMORSE WHEN YOU TALKED TO HIM. WHEN WE TALKED TO HIM A SHORT WHILE AGO HE DID SEEM REMORSEFUL. VERY SAD ABOUT THE DEATH THAT OCCURRED HERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF POWERS AND COLONIAL. AFTER THAT COLLISION. HE SAID IT ALL STARTED BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE PULLED OVER BECAUSE HE HAD NO VALID LICENSE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO THE FAMILY OF THE MAN WHO DIED IN THE CRASH THAT YOU CAUSED? GANGA RAMROOP TALKED TO WESH 2 NEWS AFTER TREATMENT FOR A BROKEN LEG AND AS POLICE WERE TAKING HIM TO JAIL. HE SAID HE WAS SORRY TO THE FAMILY OF THE MAN WHO DIED IN THE CRASH POLICE SAY HE CAUSED. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY TO THE FAMILY OF MR. HUNTER? I REALLY APOLOGIZE. I REALLY DO. . WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST PULL OVER WHEN THE OFFICER TRIED TO STOP YOU? I DIDN'T HAVE A LICENSE. THE CRASH HAPPENED AT COLONIAL AND POWERS AS POLICE WERE TRYING TO GET RAMROOP TO PULL OVER. THEY SAY HE FIRED AT AN OFFICER THEN RAN THE RED LIGHT STRIKING AN SUV. THE DRIVER OF THE HONDA CRV WAS EJECTED AND PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE. A PASSENGER IN THE HONDA CRV WAS TAKEN TO ORMC IN STABLE CONDITION. THE DRIVER IS IDENTIFIED AS ROBERT HUNTER. A THIRD MAN ESCAPED INJURY BY JUMPING OFF HIS BIKE BEFORE IT WAS STRUCK. POLICE SAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD ROOM ROOP STOPPED WHEN THE FIRST OF THREE OFFICERS TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO FLEE FROM US. WE CAN SEE AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE FLEEING THINGS LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN. WE JUST WANT YOU TO STOP SO EVERYONE CAN STAY SAFE. DESPITE SAYING HE WAS SORRY FOR CAUSING THE CRASH RAMROOP DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN THE SHOOTING. I DID NOT FIRE A SHOT. YOU DID NOT FIRE A SHOT? THEY FOUND A GUN IN YOUR CAR, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. POLICE CONFIRM THEY FOUND A GUN IN HIS CAR. AND SOME BACKGROUND NOW ON RAMROOP. HE WAS FIRST ARRESTED IN 2,009 FOR GRAND THEFT BURGLARY AND RESISTING ARREST. SINCE THEN HE'S BEEN ARRESTED FOR THEFT, WILLFUL FLEEING AND I LEWDING, DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED AND REVOKED AND IS FACING CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH A PENDING CHARGE OF HOMICIDE IN CONNECTION WITH THE FATAL CRASH THAT OCCURRED AT THIS INTERSECTION. OF COURSE IT WILL BE WEEKS BEFORE THE FHP FINISHES UP ITS